Surnames Starting with R: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 3)

A descendant of Reimbert (power, bright)

A descendant of Remus (protector)

From Remigius

Strong in counsel; fox

Counsel and rule

Counsel-rule

From Rendón / sudden

Someone from Renfrew in Scotland

Runner, messenger

From Rentería

A descendant of Renz, from Laurentius

Hraefn's farm

Someone from Rescigno near Salerno

From Resende

Someone who sold meat, a butcher

Land clearer; rider

The robber

King

Kings (Three Kings)

Queen

Son of Reynold ("counsel ruler")

From Reinoso

From Resende

Dweller by a clearing

"stream"

Son of Riccardo ("powerful ruler")

Curly-haired

Son of Ricciardo

Ardour (from Rhys)

Brave ruler

Son of Richard

Son of Richard, "brave power"

Splendid hill

Judge

An Anglicization of the Dutch Rijkert

Son of little Richard

Son of Rick

"rich"

From Ryedale or Riddell

Horseman

Someone living on a ridge, or from Ridge in Hertfordshire

Cleared woodland or reed clearing

Dweller by a clearing, or from Rüdiger

"one who lived by a marsh"

Court official; son of Rüdiger

Someone who made and sold harness

A tall man, or someone from the Ries region

Ridge farm

Someone from Reggio, or a royal name

Of the ridge

Son of Rigo (Enrico)

From Riley in Lancashire ("rye clearing")

From Rinaldo, "ruler by counsel"

Corner, nook

Ring maker / circular feature

Rivers

From Rioux / stream

Strip clearing

Little Richard

Knight, or rider

Bank, shore

"riverbanks"

"riverbank"

One who lived by a river

River

The son of Rick, a pet form of Richard (rule, hard)

Curly-haired

Curly-haired

Son of Rob (Robert)

A descendant of little Rob

Son of Robin

Bright fame

Son of Robert, "bright fame"

Son of Robert ("bright fame")

A descendant of little Rob

Little Robert, bright fame

Son of Robin (Robert)

Oak wood

"oak trees"

The son of Rob, a pet form of Robert

Fortress, rock

From Rocco

From the personal name Rocco

"rock"

Rock, crag

One who lived by a rock

Rook spring

Settler on cleared land

A descendant of Roderick or Rhydderch

"son of Rodrigo"

Son of Rodrigo, "famous ruler"

A dweller at the spring

A dweller at the sign of the male roe deer

A descendant of Rothari (fame, army)

"from Rogale"

Famous spear

Son of Roger, "famous spear"

"horn"

Clearing

Someone living by reeds

Someone who came from Rohr (spring)

"red" or "from Rojas"

Red-haired

Fame of the land

Famous land

A descendant of Rolf (fame, wolf)

A descendant of Rolf (fame, wolf)

Famous land

Someone who made and sold parchment rolls for manuscripts